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Hacked the front of "Eclipse 62" to let a little more air in...

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Was pretty impressed that I could pick up a sheet of ali mesh at the local B&Q too :)
 
Hmm, i might give this a go with some black mesh. But I'd shape the mesh so that it would slot into the square opening and sit slightly proud of the case front. This way it would hide the cut edges and look neater.

Have you noticed any difference in temps since doing the mod?

Also i notice you still have the black grill in place on the foam filter, why not cut that out as well. The plastic holder holds the foam in place fine without the grill in place.
 
Anyone have any suggestions how one would try and get the motherboard tray that has the 3 holes?

I have this case and I really love it but looking at others I feel I am missing out on a great way to hide those cables. My tray has 1 hole and they put it below the PCI slots. It is absolutely useless I dont know what they were thinking in doing that. If it was under the cpu then may have made it easier install the Tuniq Tower, but underneath the middle of nowhere fully under the motherboard - what a waste of resources to get that done tbh!

Also anyone know of any place that could but some holes in case panels? Preferebly in or near Leicester? Ive gone down the route of hole saws before in my previous case but it was a real hassle and turned out quite expensive to buy all the equipment needed. Looking around a 114mm holesaw for a 120mm fan is approximately £30 which is too much, I just want to get 2 holes done, one in the top panel, and one on the window of the side panel.

Would it be worth buying a dremel and cutting both these holes and cutting holes in the motherboard tray for cable management?
 
xiphrex said:
Anyone have any suggestions how one would try and get the motherboard tray that has the 3 holes?

I have this case and I really love it but looking at others I feel I am missing out on a great way to hide those cables. My tray has 1 hole and they put it below the PCI slots. It is absolutely useless I dont know what they were thinking in doing that. If it was under the cpu then may have made it easier install the Tuniq Tower, but underneath the middle of nowhere fully under the motherboard - what a waste of resources to get that done tbh!

Also anyone know of any place that could but some holes in case panels? Preferebly in or near Leicester? Ive gone down the route of hole saws before in my previous case but it was a real hassle and turned out quite expensive to buy all the equipment needed. Looking around a 114mm holesaw for a 120mm fan is approximately £30 which is too much, I just want to get 2 holes done, one in the top panel, and one on the window of the side panel.

Would it be worth buying a dremel and cutting both these holes and cutting holes in the motherboard tray for cable management?
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Drop akasa UK an email. They are very good at source spares quickly and if they have one it could be yours for around £15 all in.
 
Failing that maybe one of your mates has a hole saw or their dads etc.

A dremel isn't really an ideal tool to cut a hole in steel. Its doable but very time consuming and wont look as neat as with a hole saw.
 
Emailed akasa uk last week about the 3 hole motherboard trays and unfortunately they dont keep them any more:(

Hi Robert,

Thank you for your mail.
The motherboard tray with three vents / holes have been replaced by the one
with single vent to allow direct mounting of the Xeon processors coolers.
Since the change has been implemented couple of years ago, I'm afraid there
are no more motherboard trays with three vents available.

Regards,
Jerry
 
Hedge said:
Shame I couldnt fit my MB tray back in once id fitted my Noctua :(

had to fit it once the tray was in place. that was a pain in the ass at the time :(
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Really, my mate said he installed his with removing the mb tray. Anyway thanks for the heads up i'm just about to do the same this weekend.
 
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demoneye said:
Hacked the front of "Eclipse 62" to let a little more air in...
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Why do people seem to think that opening up the front is a good idea? If the original designers wanted a huge mesh area in there surely they would have put one in?

You can see it's not a good idea by taking the front off the case while it's running. Both the CPU and graphics card increase in temperature although the hard drive area is cooler.

If you have a 120m radiator in there, then fine, otherwise I'd have left it - it works best the way it's designed.
 
On the original case, the front vent slats passed the "rizla paper test"*. This proved the fan was increasing the pressure in the case - in otherwords, it was shifting air.

After putting in the mesh it still passed the "rizla paper test" - obviously the fan was still sucking and therefore pressuring the inside of the case - therefore, still shifting air. Fans rev's increased by about 2-3%.

Any air going into the case, would be cooler then the heat in the case - a benefit(!). If the fan has an easier path to pull air in, it will work more efficently as there is less air resistance to work against. The thin slats would provide high pressure areas to fight against - reducing the air resistance (by adding the mesh and opening the area up) would help the air flow by reducing the pressure.

All fans CFM values are in open stock positions - if you put any form of grill in front of them, the CFM will change. The shape and openness of the grill will affect the CFM value.

The CPU cores dropped by about 2 degrees.

The rear exhaust fans continues to work, and shift air at maximum speed.

I'm not too bothered about the appearance, the case will never win a beauty contest any ho...

*(Stick a rizla on the vent and see if there's a positive sucking in - the paper sticks)
 
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